2017 New York Laws
CVS - Civil Service
Article 8 - Classification and Compensation of State Employees
Title C - Performance Ratings
140 - Maintenance and Reporting of Performance Ratings.

 140. Maintenance  and  reporting  of  performance  ratings.  1.  All
  departmental  agencies  of  the  state  government,  whether  known   as
  departments, institutions, boards, commissions, or otherwise, shall keep
  and  report,  if  requested by the civil service department, performance
  ratings of employees, based on standards of performance  established  by
  such  respective  agencies and approved by the civil service department,
  for the purpose of recording in terms of quality,  quantity,  and  other
  factors,  the  relative  efficiency  of employees engaged in the same or
  similar lines of work, under the rules prescribed  by  the  state  civil
  service commission.
2.  The  state  civil  service  department  shall use such performance
  ratings as a basis for determining the rendition of satisfactory service
  necessary for advancement from one rate of compensation to another. Such
  department, in its discretion, may use such  performance  ratings  as  a
  factor in promotion examinations.
3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this
  section, during periods of time when there is  in  effect  an  agreement
  between  the  state and an employee organization reached pursuant to the
  provisions of article fourteen of the civil service law or a performance
  evaluation  plan  administered  pursuant  to   rules   and   regulations
  promulgated  by  the  director  of  the  budget,  the provisions of such
  agreement and/or the provisions of such rules and regulations  shall  be
  applicable.